diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a1eb9fda6..cef80454ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #16451 Increase password characters limit to 2000 during login
 - issue        Fix "IS NULL" is shown for non-nullable columns on search page
 - issue #16199 Fix dragging of tables in designer
+- issue #17702 Fix performance issue when handling large number of tables in a single database
 
 5.2.1 (2023-02-07)
 - issue #17522 Fix case where the routes cache file is invalid
diff --git a/libraries/classes/DatabaseInterface.php b/libraries/classes/DatabaseInterface.php
index e9fce75c4d..6a420263a7 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/DatabaseInterface.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/DatabaseInterface.php
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ class DatabaseInterface implements DbalInterface
             if ($sort_order === 'DESC') {
                 $table = array_reverse($table);
             }
+
             $table = array_slice($table, $limit_offset, $limit_count);
             $paging_applied = true;
         }